Frontotemporal dementia, Parkinsonism and lower motor neuron involvement in a patient with C9ORF72 expansion

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-69

  Luigetti, Marco ^a   Quaranta, Davide ^a   Conte, Amelia ^a   Piccininni, Chiara ^a   Lattante, Serena ^b   Romano, Angela ^a   Silvestri, Gabriella ^a   Zollino, Marcella ^b   Sabatelli, Mario ^a  

^a University Campus Bio Medico   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; C9ORF72; Frontotemporal dementia; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BULBAR PARALYSIS; C9ORF72 GENE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPH; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TENDON REFLEX;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84875447516     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.692383     Document Type: Article

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